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Not to be a "one-upper" but I got 26.48 MPG in the rain, moderate traffic between Federal Way and Olympia today. The only 'mods' I have made are to air the tire up to 44 PSI and remove the two bench seats. I do make sure to go about 1mph slower than the average traffic speed, just to avoid any unnecessary braking.
To be fair though, I used two different gas stations (pre trip was Chevron and post trip was Costco). So possibly the first pump filled a little more than the second (I always let the pump go until it shuts off automatically) which may have skewed my results. Also my trip consisted of approximately 95% freeway travel.
One of these days though I'd like to try sealing over all the unnecesary seams in the body (maybe use a little tape?), and removing the luggage rack from the top of the vehicle. Or maybe try the golf ball dimple effect (seen Mythbusters lately?) except in a plastic thermoformed panel version.
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